The Americans with their bags packed

The Trump administration is making an effort to systematically exclude trans people from public life. For many trans Americans, it feels like an existential threat.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King.

Photo courtesy of Carma Bell Marshall, a Louisville-based transgender activist.

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